50. I'm going to get you guys on your feet!
The next morning, Luoyang Square was densely packed with people.
Fang Yi had already ordered that the largest bandit leader in Luoyang County would be executed here today, and an execution table had been set up in the center of the square.
The bandit had also been pressed against him, and the big knife was on his neck, and there must have been no more to do but die.
After a night of torture and investigation of Qin Liangyu's "Strategies of the Past Dynasties", Fang Yi had already learned that this person was Fang La, the notorious rebel leader in history.
In his previous life, he had organized a peasant uprising, from the uprising to the destruction, but in just one year, he burned and looted everywhere, full of destruction, and the means were also very vicious, using coercion and temptation to force ordinary people to join his camp, and after capturing the city, it was also cruel, and tortured many officials to death.
However, compared to his contemporary, Song Jiang was an outstanding leader of the peasant uprising, and although he was defeated by Tong Guan, the uprising he called for greatly hastened the demise of the already deplorable Northern Song Dynasty.
In any case, Fang Yi still disagreed with his uprising.
If he didn't really convince the people, relied on some extraordinary means to force the people to join his uprising, and relied on the unjust army to burn and loot, how could he not be the germ of a tyrant?
But that didn't matter, Fang Yi only wanted to know now, why did he rob his own food, and where was the real bandit leader, Yu Ji, at this time.
"Lao Tzu is a bandit, is it unusual to rob grain?"
Fang La spat at Fang Yi fiercely, "As for that little girl, hmph, if she hadn't insisted on leaving, how could I have ended up like this!" ”
Gone?
Fang Yi lowered his head and pondered, if that Yu Ji really left after arguing with this group of thieves, her legion should not have stayed here.
So where did she go? What are you going to do?
Should these hundreds of female thieves caught by himself be appeased and stay in the city, or should they still be imprisoned?
Before he could think about it, several guards came over and whispered, "My lord, the time has come. ”
"Hmm."
Fang Yi put these things behind him, walked up to the stage, stood in front of Fang La, who was pressed to the ground, and just opened his mouth to the crowded people, and stopped.
"Liangyu, come on, you can come over too."
He smiled again and greeted Qin Liangyu, who was dressed in a red robe and had a heroic posture.
"What are you doing?"
Qin Liangyu's face turned cold, and he stepped back a little.
"Uh... I would like to say two things. ”
"You're really damned, you can't call anyone else for this?"
"You have a loud voice, come on, my good Yuyu, brother please."
"Get out, don't disgust me!"
After a burst of soft grinding and hard bubbles, Qin Liangyu still stood beside Fang Yi, acting as a megaphone with an expressionless face.
"Today, there are bandits who robbed most of the life-saving food in my Luoyang City, and Yu exterminated them yesterday and captured their bandit leaders, and today they are publicly executed to warn the good people not to think of getting something for nothing."
Fang Yi read it according to the execution words that Jia Xu taught him, and then continued: "Also, this bandit is a small matter, this food, everyone must know how it came from, right?" ”
He looked at the confused faces below, reached out and took out a handful of white grains of rice, and then took out a few taels of silver from his pocket, and said in a deep voice:
"These grains are all purchased by me, the county lord of Luoyang County, Fang Yi, with my own money, 5 million, 5 million taels of silver, from Daqin and other places at a high price!"
"There was a war here more than a month ago, and what is the war that is immediately following it? It is famine, it is the destruction of the family; Since I took office, Dong Zhuo's old thief's fire has burned Luoyang County to the point of incurability, if I hadn't opened up trade, I don't know how many people would starve to death and freeze to death. ”
"Now is a troubled time, human life is cheaper than rice, many people huddle in their own leaky houses, guarding a little rice porridge to satisfy hunger, and worrying about bandits and war, this is not a human life at all."
"On the day I received the order of the city lord, I swore in my heart that I would let the people of the whole city be well fed, warmly dressed, no longer frightened, and truly live a happy and good life!"
His tone was very heavy, Qin Liangyu and the thousands of people present were quite infected, recalling the bits and pieces since the reconstruction of this county town.
"Yes, my husband and children died in the war, if it weren't for the protection of the county lord, I'm afraid I wouldn't be alive until now!"
In the crowd at the front, a woman lowered her head and began to cry.
"Our houses have been burned down by the wicked, and our grain land has been plundered; We are just a group of ordinary people, and we can still live in a house built by the county lord, and eat the food that the lord bought at a high price, and we are very ashamed! ”
At the back of the crowd, several men gathered together, and their eyes were full of respect when they looked at the high platform.
"At least you've built houses and been part of the rebuilding of the county,"
Not far away, a man on crutches touched his empty right leg and smiled self-deprecatingly, "And I, who lost a leg in the war, and my body has fallen from various diseases, I have no choice but to help people to do some business, and the county lord has never despised us, he said that merchants also promote the circulation of the economy, so that people can take what they need, I feel that my life is meaningful." ”
"Lord County, you are our savior! Whatever you want to do, just raise your arms and shout, and we'll follow you! ”
"The county lord Fang Yi is the real county lord!"
......
The emotions of the people were thoroughly mobilized, the people were never stupid, and they could see clearly who really thought about them.
Fang Yi waved his hand and motioned for the people to be quiet.
When the people saw it, they all held their breath and listened to the county lord's speech.
"I hope that everyone can live a good life,"
Fang Yi continued, in the huge square, it seemed that he was the only one left.
"I know there will be a lot of people who want to ask, why do I have to pay for food when you have already made money? Wouldn't it be enough to collect it directly like other places? ”
"I can't do that. Our production is just in its infancy, and the old power and false name of the nobles and eunuchs are forcing you to send people to the fence, and if the general trend of this is to reshuffle these cards today, I will make you stand up and let you be reborn on the road of glory and self-worth! ”
"This Luoyang County welcomes all those who want to work hard for themselves, you have knowledge and talent, you can enter the office; You have the brains to know how to operate, and you can do business; You have the strength and courage to join the army; Everything will be back on track here, climb up if you have the ability, and live your life if you don't have the ability. No matter what specialty you have, or what specialty you are about to have, this city will give you a chance! ”
Fang Yi turned his head, snatched the sharp broadsword from the executioner's hand, and pointed at Fang La, who was kneeling on the ground, "But like these bandits, opportunistically endangering one party, I will not tolerate this kind of cowardly evasion!" ”
He raised his broadsword high and fell hard!